It's really hard to determine a good marathon training schedule, let alone sticking with it. There are too many temptations to eat an entire chocolate cake in one sitting (I know.)
Since I am now the voice of experience, I can give you some tips on what you SHOULDN'T do so that you'll successfully stick with your schedule. It's very important to remember a few things after you've determined your marathon training schedule.
- Running very quickly for three minutes does not substitute jogging for thirty minutes. You will actually need to do the jogging that you've outlined on your schedule.
- Get creative and involve your family when you can't find the motivation to run every weekend for three months. Here's what I did. My husband dangled a snickers bar out the window of the car while he drove three feet in front of me.
- Breaking in your jogging shoes before the marathon does not include a meat mallet whatsoever. It actually means that you have to run with the shoes on.
- Don't choose Jack Daniels or Captain Morgan as a 'running partner'-- get a real human.
- No, you do not tape your marathon training schedule to your read end in order to stick with it.
- Resist the temptation to hitchhike when you're jogging those last three miles back home.
- Taking a little nap in a ditch by the road is not only inadvisable, it's downright unsanitary.
Need more motivation to stick with your running training schedule? Just picture the horrified faces of all the other competitors when you beat them to the finish line. Then imagine all the weeping, roaring, and howling as you smile modestly and think to yourself, "No autographs, please, just look and admire the champion!" Stick with your marathon and good luck!
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